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Carnasserie Castle (1 mile)
KILMARTIN GLEN
Standing stones
Stone circle
Cup- and
ring-marked rocks
Cairns
Glebe Cairn
Kilmartin
North Cairn
Mid-Cairn
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Temple Wood
Slockavullin
South Cairn
Nether Largie
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Ri-Cruin
Dunchraigaig House
Ballymeanoch
Duntrune
Castle
Tileworks
Walk
Loch Crinan
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Crinan
Kilmichael
Glassary
Dunadd
(ruined fort)
Bridgend
Bellanoch
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1
mile
Cairnbaan (1 mile)
Achnabreck (1 mile)
Kilmartin House Museum
Kilmartin village • Daily: March-Oct 10am-5.30pm; Nov to Christmas 11am-4pm • £5 •
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01546 510278,
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kilmartin.org
Situated on high ground to the north of the Kilmartin cairns is the tiny village of
KILMARTIN
, an unremarkable place but home to the superb
Kilmartin House Museum
,
housed in the old manse adjacent to the village church. Not only can you learn about
the various theories concerning prehistoric crannogs, henges and cairns, but you can
practise polishing an axe, examine different types of wood, and listen to a variety of
weird and wonderful sounds (check out the Gaelic bird imitations). One of the most
remarkable exhibits is a large carved stone head, found in a garden in Port Appin just a
few years ago, which is thought to be around 2000 years old. It's worth noting that the
museum staff offer superb two-hour guided walks (free) of the cairns, usually on
Wednesdays and Saturdays, though it's best to check in advance.
Kilmartin church
Kilmartin church
shelters several richly sculpted graves and crosses, while a separate
enclosure in the graveyard houses a large collection of medieval grave slabs of the
Malcolms of Poltalloch. hese are believed to have been crafted by a group of sculptors
working around Loch Awe in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Carnasserie Castle
Kilmartin's own castle is ruined beyond recognition; head instead for the much less
ruined
Carnasserie Castle
, on a high ridge a mile up the road towards Oban. Built in
